GPT-4’s Law School Grades: Con Law C, Crim C-, Law & Econ C, Partnership Tax B, Property B-, Tax B

May 30, 2023

(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by several University of Maryland Carey Law professors that looks at how generative artificial intelligence platform GPT-4 performed on several law school final exams.

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ABA Pauses Move To Eliminate LSAT Requirement For Admission To Law School

May 24, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares three articles reporting on the ABA legal education section’s recent decision to pause progress on their proposal to remove the admissions test requirement for law schools.  

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Lawsky Entry Level Hiring Report 2023

May 24, 2023

PrawfsBlawg (by Sarah Lawsky) — Professor Lawsky (Northwestern Law) shares data and graphics comparing law school entry-level tenure-track faculty hiring trends from the past few years.  

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Lawsky’s entry-level hiring report for 2023

May 24, 2023

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) analyses Northwestern Law professor Sarah Lawsky’s 2023 entry-level hiring report. 

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Does PrawfsBlawg do ok on this?

May 24, 2023

PrawfsBlawg (by Howard Wasserman) — Professor Wasserman (Florida International University Law) shares thoughts on viewpoint diversity in law faculty blogs and asks readers if ‘PrawfsBlawg’ meets the ideal of civil political discourse.  

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What About Us? Leading in Law School Using ADR Skills

May 24, 2023

Indisputably (by Jill Gross) — Professor Gross (Pace Law) discusses how experiences in alternative dispute resolution can be used to help negotiate and mediate student conflicts as a law school leader.  

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Projecting the 2024-2025 USNWR law school rankings (to be released March 2024 or so)

May 24, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) predicts how recent post-graduation employment outcomes and bar passage rates from could affect the 2024-25 US News law school rankings.  

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What I got right (and wrong) in projecting the USNWR law rankings

May 24, 2023

Excess of Democracy (by Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) gives an overview of how his predictions compared to the actual 2023-24 US News law school rankings.  

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USNews.com has outdone itself: it has made its law school rankings even more absurd than before!

May 24, 2023

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) discusses his concerns with the most recent edition of US News’ law school rankings. 

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Mental Health, Law School, And Bar Admissions: Eliminating Stigma And Fostering A Healthier Profession

May 24, 2023

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Arkansas Law Review article by student Natalie C. Fortner (University of Arkansas Law) discussing how eliminating stigma around mental health can create a healthier environment for lawyers and other legal professionals.  

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